Marcos Seixas, a fitness coach for Brazil's Olympic squad, believes that Neymar is struggling due to his poor physical condition, but has backed the Barcelona superstar to improve.
Brazil captain Neymar failed to impress during his country's opening Rio 2016 match against 10-man South Africa, the forward failing to make a notable impact throughout the 90 minutes of the 0-0 draw.
Seixas has now explained that the ex-Santos man is lacking the fitness levels he would experience during regular-season competition, due to the early stage of preparation he is in.
"He hasn't got any momentum going," Seixas said.
"He doesn't have any because this was his second game of the season. I believe that the next couple of games will help his performance levels.
"Physically and technically he is gifted, and due to this he should be able to get back into shape quickly.
"The little moments make the difference when you are talking about a player who is at the peak of his fitness, he will do more than those who have 30 or 35 games under their belts already."
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